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Thursday, December 31, 2009

Iranian people continued their protest today despite of Martial Law!

According to news ,iranian people continued their protest in "Hafte Tir" Square in Tehran and many other cities and universities, particularly in "Behesht Zahra" the cemetery where the recent martyrs were buried with the presence of the regime security agents . Today , around 200 family members and relatives of Seyed Ali Musavi the nephew of Mir Hossain Musavi including Mr. Musavi gathered quietly in Behesht Zahra to mourn and pray for their loved one who was assassinated on the day of "Ashura".This was organized and watched by the security forces. The area was sorrounded by riot guards. University students in Mashhad city clashed with riot police and many are arrested and wounded. Iran is burning from within....

People's Power rounded up the militia and demanded one of the militia to remove his uniform !

New York Times:In Tehran, Thousands Rally to Back Government

By NAZILA FATHIPublished: December 30, 2009

Tens of thousands of pro-government demonstrators took to the streets of Tehran on Wednesday shouting support for their leaders, three days after government security forces clashed with opposition members who staged one of their largest protests in months.

The government had called on its supporters to stage the rally on Wednesday to protest what it said had been an “insult to religious sanctities” on Sunday. A witness said many demonstrators on Wednesday were taken to protest sites by dozens of buses and were given free chocolate milk, and The Associated Press said the government had given all civil servants the day off to attend the rallies.........Read here:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/world/middleeast/31iran.html?_r=2&ref=world

This is the young man ran over by police car for three times .His name: Shahrokh Rahmani

This brave young man's body was buried and the regime threatened his family not to publicize the issue.Shahrokh was just expressing his openion and protesting about his vote which was guranteed in the constitution . His vote was stollen by the regime of coup d'etat.How could they do that?

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Who was it ? Who was it? I wasn't the one!?...............

The police chief Mr. Esmail Ahmadi-Moghadam in a press conference denied of using gun against people in the peaceful protest in the holy day of "Ashura". But , the following pictures shows the plain cloth militia's holding guns in their hands and aiming people. These pictures are taken from "Kalej bridge". According to the public prosecutor of the Islamic Republic; except the killing of Ali Musavi ( the nephew of Mir-Hossain Musavi ) the rest of the people were killed by other than bullet.

Ahmadimoghadam the head of police force: "The truck that ran over people on the day of "Ashura" was stollen."!

Perhaps the pellet gun that injured people, was by someone who was hunting birds in the middle of Ashura.

The Chief police force Esmail Ahmadi-Moghadam announced that: "About the truck that ran over the rioters on the day of "Ashura" , the owner of the truck was identified , and it become known to us that , the truck was stollen and the rubber had done this,and we are investigating about this man".

Excuse my Farsi: B.......S.......................t.

When the reporter was asking more question about the truck , he was told not to dig in. According to report, the reporter was attacked by pro- regime forces and he was handcuffed, but later let free.

The evidence is clear enough and it seems that ,the pandemic lie/lying virus has infected everyone of this regime officials and there seems no cure for it.

Ahmadimoghadam also threatened people in the green movement that; the regime is going to take harsher measure for "rioters".

Regime has become very abject.....

Kartoon by : Nikahang Kowsar -On pro-regime rally

People's Power ....Thirty plus years ago i was in philippines, one day on my way to school in Sampaloc area in Manila-near train railing , i saw people are gathered around the train and receiving a bag of something , when i asked about it, they said ; the Government is distributing rice and food among poor Filipino. No wonder , that month presidential election was supposed to take place. This happened when martial law was no longer in place off course. A few years later, protest grow bigger and bigger against Marcos dictatorial regime for corruption and few years later his regime was toppeled by People's Power, and he escapped to Hawai and soon died there in exile.

I'm writing this because , the coup d 'etat regime of Khamenei-ahmadinejad is now doing the same things , distributing potato, and now, food and Sandwitch for their government campaign.Or giving and promising to give money to teachers , because the Teachers Union threatened to go on strike if their demand not met. But of course, this won't change the course the people has taken for change- reform and human rights and democracy.

Regime has become very abject. Watch the video posted earlier.

Today the green people stayed home. Most of the people showed at regime rally were plain cloth militia and the government employees, they were forced to attend or else they wiould lose their job .Of course, there were some believer of this regime too.

But.......

Tonight people in the green movement are going to the rooftop again in Tehran and will chant stronger slogan .

Elm o Sanat University student chant:This month is; month of blood and regime is going to be toppled.Students boycotted classes in Shiraz University!

spit on you ,that you call yourself representative of people in parliament !? Don't you see all these injustices?Dont you see they have killed people?

today the majority members of the parliament , people like Rohollah Hoseinian marched in support of the Government of coup d'etat. They have to answer to the history for their action and ignorance.People of Iran but won't forget that and the people are determined to continue their protest. Today students of "Elmo Sanat" University once again staged protest.As a result many students have been wounded and many others arrested.

Mr. Ban k-i Moon, head of UN, please do something! This regime is a UN member, isn't it? As head of UN you are responsible!

Hounorable general secretary of UN Ban ki -Moon , The lives of many Iranian political and human rights advocates are in great danger .

Reports coming from Iran are very disturbing, No one is safe in Iran , people are picked up middle of the night by security agents like "Gestapo" the Hitler security police.

Among those arrested : Emad Baghi human rights and head of Prisoners Association in Iran who was arreted and when his wife asked why they are arresting him , was told by security forces that; you may not see him again.

Ebrahim Yazdi the head of "Nehzat azadi " political party was arrested this morning at three Oclock in the mornming from his home.

Alireza beheshti shirazi the manager of the "Kalameh" website , the website of Mir Hossain Musavi was arrested this morning. He is the son of the late Beheshti one of the powerful follower of Khomeini.

Three close relative of Musavi including Frouzandeh the head of the office of Musavi, Mohammad Bagherian (Not sure about the spelling) the head adviser to Musavi and Ghorban Behzadinejad the head of Mir Hossain Musavi's election campaign headquarter, were all arrested this morning.

Mehdi arabshahi ,

Morteza Haji the president of "Baran foundation",

Rasouli the head of this Centre,

Mohammad sadegh rabani professor of Tehran university,

Mostafa Izadi writer and journalist,

Heshmatollah Tabarzadi political activist,

Haleh Sahabi the daughter of Ezatollah sahabi a prominent political figure,

Ms. Mahin Fahimi ( Member of mothers for peace campaign) together with her son Omid montazeri ( the son of Hamid Montazeri who was killed in the political prisoners murdering in 1988 ),

Ardavan Tarakemeh one of leftist political activist were among those arrested.

The number of people arrested may be bigger but at this time there are no information.

In recent wave of arrest , new list has been developed . Iran really become a big jail for all freedom loving Iranian opposing this regime. Here are the new arrestees:

1-Doctor Noshin Ebadi , is a professor of the medical school of the Azad University - she was arrested by four security agents at 9:00pm on Dec. 28,2009 from her home.Reported Shirin Ebadi.

2- Nasrin vaziri the Parliament reporter for ILNA -News Agency

3-Ms. Badrolsadat Mofidi the president of the Association Of Iranian Journalists.

4-kayvan Mehrgan the chief political editor of the Etemad newspaper .

5-Ms. Niloufar Hashemi-Azar student of architecture together with her mom.

6-Reza Tajik -journalist was arrested by the agents of the Ministry of Information .

7-Engineer Shahpour kazemi the brother of the wife of Musavi was arrested again -middle of the night .

8- Ms. Mansoureh shojaei member of the "campaign for one million signature " and also member of the Women Centre for Culture.

9-Morteza Kazemian -Member of central council of the Association in Defence of Press Freedom, was arrested this morning by security agents.

10-Mashaollah Shamsolvaezin - Journalist and an active member of the Association of Iranian Journalists.

11- Mr. Hossain Musavian from the "National Front" political party .

12- Ali Mehrdad from the youth branch of "Nahzat azadi " political party . He is the son of Ms. Farideh Gheirat member of Lawyers Association.

13-Ms. Shahrzad Nasiri.

14-Mohammad javad Mozafar the manager of "Kavir " publication.

15-Habib Nouri and his son Reza Nouri - Habib is the brother of Abdollah Nouri the Interior Minister of Khatami 's Government.

16-Mehdi Nouri the son of Asadollah Nouri .

17-Mehdi gholizadeh - Member of "Nehzat Azadi" political party

18-Sam Mahmoudi - Reformist journalist

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A report indicate that; more than 500 people arrested, have been brought to the Eshrat Abad barrack. According to news , they are in very bad condition.

A list containing 100 names of journalists has been distributed which indicate that the regime is planning to arrest these journalists.

A report indicated that more than 1000 people have been arrested... bus after bus brings prisoners to Evin prison.Added to this is more than 400-500 people have been arrested just in Isfahan.

You must add to this list another report which was posted earlier in IRAN WATCH CANADA.

The regime of coup d'etat desparately trys to keep its existence for a little time, in order to rub more our national wealth. Everyone known that the regime has lost the ground and by arresting people more people will join the movement for change and human rights in Iran. we will see it in the coming days and months.

In the meantime the Governments around the world must stay allert for the arrival of many high ranking Islamic Republic officials who were involved in the violatoion of human rights and crime against humanity in their soil.

Iranin free willing people are asking you to help support their cause, for freedom in Iran!

IRAN WATCH CANADA:

UN must follow its principles and punish Islamic Republic of Iran and take stronger measure against this regime which says one thing and does another . This regime is nothing but a shame for UN. As a member state ,I thought they have to follow the principle , mission and vision of the United Nation . A regime that has No respect at all for the UN charter and mandates and even to its members, must not be treated equal to those members that have great respect for human rights and the principles of the UN and the charters.

Moslem nation must force their countries to push Islamic Republic to stop killing their brothers and sisters, they must ask their government to call Iranian ambassadors in their countries for question. Shiia or Sunni both are moslem brothers and must not ignor what is happening to each other wherever they are . Islamic Republic regime headed by Khamenei-ahmadinejad are killing your brothers in the streets of Iran.

Government all over the world must break the silence about Iran. Islamic Republic is killing the Iranian people in the streets of Iran. People of Iran need your support now. Leaders of the green movement need your support now before it is too late.

Hamas, Hezbullah, and all other small or big moslem group, who have supported Islamic Republic and Ali Khamenei- Ahmadinejad must know that Iranian people are determined to topple this regime and for a free Iran. If you doubt look at this blog and see how Iranian people fight for freedom.

Central American Governments nations including the Peruvian, Venezuelan, Cuban ,Nicaraguan and Brazilian government must stop dancing with the regime of Islamic Republic and if believe in human rights they must call the Islamic Republic ambassador for questioning about the killing of Iranian free willing people in the streets of Iran.

Faezeh hashemi the daughter of Hashemi Rafsanjani among the protesters !

New wave of arrest in Iran!Regime has targeted opposition leaders,political personalities,political and human rights activists.Hundereds been arrested

Hundreds of political personalities, political activists and human rights or women rights activists have been targeted in the streets or at home and have been arrested and are detained and their lives are in great danger.

Among those arrested : Emad Baghi human rights and head of Prisoners Association in Iran who was arreted and when his wife asked why they are arresting him , was told by security forces that; you may not see him again.

Ebrahim Yazdi the head of "Nehzat azadi " political party was arrested this morning at three Oclock in the mornming from his home.

Alireza beheshti shirazi the manager of the "Kalameh" website , the website of Mir Hossain Musavi was arrested this morning. He is the son of the late Beheshti one of the powerful follower of Khomeini.

Three close relative of Musavi including Frouzandeh the head of the office of Musavi, mohammad Bagherian (Not sure about the spelling) the head adviser to Musavi and ghorban Behzadinejad the head of Mir Hossain Musavi's election campaign headquarter, were all arrested this morning.

Mehdi arabshahi , Morteza Haji the president of "Baran foundation", Rasouli the head of this Centre,mohammad sadegh rabani professor of Tehran university, Mostafa Izadi writer and journalist, Heshmatollah Tabarzadi political activist, Haleh Sahabi the daughter of Ezatollah sahabi a prominent political figure, Ms. Mahin Fahimi ( Member of mothers for peace campaign) together with her son Omid montazeri ( the son of Hamid Montazeri who was killed in the political prisoners murdering in 1988 ), Ardavan Tarakemeh one of leftist political activist were among those arrested. The number of people arrested may be bigger but at this time there are no information.

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Protest in the city of 'Najaf Abad" near the city of Isfahan against Khamenei-ahmadinejad .

This photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows an Iranian anti-riot police officer, center, held by protestors, as they put a green scarf, a symbolic color of opposition, on his head after their clash during anti-government protest at the Enqelab (Revolution) St. in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009. (AP Photo) EDITORS NOTE AS A RESULT OF AN OFFICIAL IRANIAN GOVERNMENT BAN ON FOREIGN MEDIA COVERING SOME EVENTS IN IRAN, THE AP WAS PREVENTED FROM INDEPENDENT ACCESS TO THIS EVENT

People have round up a group of Basiji militia and asking them why they kill their brother and sisters. .....

young women together with men are leading the protest in Iran!

The nephew of Mir Hossain Musavi was assasinated right in front of his home by five security forces driven by a patrol.He was 42 years old and had two children. His wounded body was carried by his brother in-law to hospital but was pronounced dead. Security forces have taken the body from hospital and are going to bury it without the family presence.

Faezeh Hashemi the daughter of Ayatollah hashemi Rafsanjani joined the protesters again.

A girl who was chanting freedom slogan in Valiasr Square was run over with a car driven by the regime forces . the wounded body of the girl was taken away by the regime forces and people witnessed this tragic event . No one knows about this young woman.

Many Iranian people have been killed or wounded in this protest . Many have been arrested or kidnapped from the streets. according to the news at least five people have been killed. But the killing can be more than reported.......

Seven months of protest since June 13 ,and unrest in Iran brought deep political crisis for "Islamic Republic" by the Ahmadinejad - Khamenei. Is Islamic Republic going to survive in this final assaults by the Iranian people who are determined to topple this regime of coup d'etat? future will answer this , but for now ,as Iran Watch Canada always said that; waves after waves are growing to a tidal wave and Islamic Republic will be washed away. IRAN WATCH CANADA as always either in private discussion or in this page, has always said: the green movement is going to grow and there is no possible coalition or an agreement behind the door ; because , IRAN WATCH CANADA knew very well that; there is big differences between Mir Hossain Musavi and Khamenei.

Childrens of Khamenei , particularly Mojtaba Khamenei , Hossain Taeb the former Basij chair and the head of "Kahrizak" prison , ahmadinejad , Ali Jafari the head of Sepah Pasdaran , Ayatollah Janati , Ayatollah Khazali, Ayatollah Mesbah yazdi, Ahmad Khatami, Khamenei, Naghadi, Ahmad Reza Radan deputy of Tehran police force , ahmadi Moghadam , Rahim -mashaei, firouzabadi , Said Mortazavi, Azizullah Rajabzadeh the head of Tehran police force and many more, including his coup d'etat cabinet, the ministers of Ahmadinejad are behind this situation and they continue to do harm to our country Iran.

Moslem nation must force their countries to push Islamic Republic to stop killing their brothers and sisters, they must ask their government to call Iranian ambassadors in their countries for question. Shiia or Sunni both are moslem brothers and must not ignor what is happening to each other wherever they are . Islamic Republic regime headed by Khamenei-ahmadinejad are killing your brothers in the streets of Iran.

Government all over the world must break the silence about Iran. Islamic Republic is killing the Iranian people in the streets of Iran. People of Iran need your support now. Leaders of the green movement need your support now before it is too late.

Hamas, Hezbullah, and all other small or big moslem group, who have supported Islamic Republic and Ali Khamenei- Ahmadinejad must know that Iranian people are determined to topple this regime and for a free Iran. If you doubt look at this blog and see how Iranian people fight for freedom.

Central American nations including the Peruvian, Venezuelan, Cuban ,Nicaraguan and Brazilian government must stop dancing with the regime of Islamic Republic and if believe in human rights they must call the Islamic Republic ambassador for questioning about the killing of Iranian free willing people in the streets of Iran.

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Iran is going to explode ! Sepah has imposed "Martial law" in the following citys in Iran: Tehran , Isfahan, Mashhad , Shiraz and Tabriz!

These are happening following the death of Ayatollah Montazeri:

According to "Alarabiah" news Agency : Emergency situation was imposed for three days in Iran!

Right now that i'm writing this, "Sepah" the pro-Khamenei- ahmadinejad militia has imposed "Martial Law " in the following citys in Iran: In Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Shiraz and Tabriz.

According to news ; people are marching towards "Hoseinieh Jamaran" in Tehran where the former president Mohammad Khatami is planned to speak to the gathering. People are being attacked and tear gas are being used by the anti-riot special guards. Many have been beaten and arrested.

In "Imam Hossain" and "valiasr" square and in many Streets in Tehran , people have gathered and are marching but are attacked by the special riot forces with tear gas and Basiji motorcycle riders and many people are wounded or arrested, many have scaped to the allys along the streets , the militia has also attacked ISNA news agency.

(DW ) the German Radio has reported today that; clashes between the Government forces and people has begun in many central streets in Tehran from 11:00 am this morning.

Ms. Zahra Rahnavard the wife of Mirhossain Musavi had said that: "We breath with the green movement."

Happy Holidays to all my Christian countrymen and women , the Armanian and the rest of the world! Together for a Free Iran!

Clotilde Reiss and the dirty politics exist in the international stages!

IRAN WATCH CANADA :Clotilde Reiss is the French woman who was arrested together with thousands of Iranian green movement leader after the June 12 presidential election in Iran and brought to the court with hundereds of them and was put on trial with almost same allegation with others as "conspiracy against national security".

When i was student in Philippines during the Shah , as a human being ,time to time i participated in the demonstration of Filipino people against the Marcos dictatorship.It was just like a human instinct to protest against human rights violation. Human rights and humanity goes beyondnational border and nationality. i dont know much about Ms. clotilde Reiss's background but:

what concern me is that; a foreign national is being held as hostage for various "alleged convictions." In this situation the Government of coup d'etat delays the justice and looks for political interest in this case and the French government for not puting enough pressure on the regime of Ahmadinejad, i think showing very little effort towards the release of its citizen . I say this because;it seems to me that the French government acting very naive in dealing with the regime of ahmadinejad who is known in Iran as a lier and since ; Iranian people know him as a lier and lunatic , he therefore trys to play and use its specialities in the international stages by deceiving them to open space for its ill policies which is not only endangering the international politics but it also endangers the sovereignity of my country Iran.

I hope her situation and other foreign political prisoners ends early so that; she and other can return to thier families and friends at the time of Chrismas Holidaysy and befor New Year .

PrintTEHRAN, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Trial of French national Clotilde Reiss on the charges of attending anti-government protests will be continued, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Wednesday.Her second trial session was held on Wednesday and one more session will come, Reiss' lawyer Mohammad-Ali Mahdavi-Sabet was quoted as saying."The final part of pleadings concerning the accusations against the French citizen will be made at the next hearing," Mahdavi-Sabet said, without elaborating the date.He said that France's ambassador to Tehran and a diplomat from the French embassy were also present at the judiciary complex, the report said.According to the reports, Reiss was arrested on July 1 upon leaving Iran after spending five months in the central city of Isfahan. Her first hearing session was held on July 8.The 24-year-old French teacher, Reiss, was accused of taking part in Iran's anti-government protests during the country's presidential campaign this summer.

Protest today Sunday in the city of Najafabad in isfahan on the passing of ayatollah Montazeri!

Ayatollah Montazeri , one of the critical voice to the regime of coup d'etat has passed away. Possible tidal wave against Khamenei -Ahmadinejad !

Picture: close family circle mourn for the death of ayatollah Montazeri.Leader of the opposition movement are going to participate in the national mourning and burial of ayatollah Montazeri in the city of Qom tomorrow.

Ayatollah Montazeri was a critical voice against Islamic Republic from the time of Khomeini. He was appointed as the successor to Ayatollah khomeini and was about to become the leader of the Islamic Republic when Khomeini died , but during the mass killing of political prisoners in the summer of 1988, he wrote several protest letter against Khomeini's order for cleaning out the prisons from political prisoners.

Since then , he was removed from the post of successor and was ordered under house arrest. he remained under house arrest until his death last night.

According to the news he died in his bed during the night. but there are speculation that his medication might have been changed. IRAN WATCH CANADA does not confirm this news .

The movement for freedom in Iran is mourning. There are chanting on the rooftop and protest in the Streets of Tehran is going on right now.

Protest in Mohseni Square and Mirdamadi Street is going on. On the "Ekbatan" Subdivisio also chanting on rooftops are reported.

Musavi just had arrived in the house of Ayatollah Montazeri in Qom. Thousands of people are on their way to the city of Qom , where ayatollah was living .According to the report several people including one of the student of ayatollah Montazeri have been arrested . the security forces of the Islamic Republic also attended in the printing offices of the news media's and forced them not to write anything about Ayatollah Montazeri but the message of Khamenei on his death and warned them for closure if violated the order.

new circumstances have developed as a result of Ayatollah Montazeri's death. No one knows what is going to happen. Iran reform-green -human right- civil right defenders are mourning.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

The hostage taking regime continue to take hostage!

IRAN WATCH CANADA request the United Nation and German government to intervene.

Parastoo Foroohar is the daughter of the murdered leaders of the "Mellat Party" ,the Dariush and Parvaneh Froohar. Both were brutally murdered by knives in their home in Tehran during the "chain murdering " events in November 1998.

Parastoo lives in Frankfurt -Germany . she returned to Iran to hold the annual commemoration for her mother and father.She was about to leave from the International airport on Saturday December 5, with proper passport and visa when the security agents confiscated her passport and told her that she is banned to leave the country.The reason for banning her to leave the country : Interview with media about the annual commemoration.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

In support of the Iranian student leader Majid Tavakoli !

IRAN WATCH CANADA : I'm Majid tavakoli too!

The regime of coup d'etat during the student protest in Iran, forced Majid Tavakoli one of the student leader to wear veil and then they have published it in newspaper and wrote: the student leader scaped by wearing veil like Banisader the former president of Iran. Because of this a movement began in supporting Majid and many blogger have taken picture of themselves with veil and displayed in their blog or webside.IRAN WATCH CANADA: Freedom for Majid Tavakoli !

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

the situation is not a joke ?! Student protest in all over Iran still continues......

With the continuation of protest ,more lower rank clergies are joining the movement for change in Iran.In recent days united attack on Hashemi Rafsanjani by the media that supports the regime of coup d'etat and the fundamentalist clergies , who are against the change , civil rights and human rights in Iran covered the front pages of the newspapers.Mr. Rafsanjani was and still is one of the most influential person in the Islamic Republic. He was the right hand man of khomeini. With this is happening, the political crisis in the Islamic Republic entered in a new stage.

ayatollah Karubi's strong response to another fundamentalist clergy made Karubi stronger in the movement .Karubi in response to Sheikh Mohammad Yazdi who have said in the past that; "people make joke about Karubi" and Karubi's response : "You think the situation we are in right now is a joke " , made karubi more closer to the people.

ayatollah Montazeri another critical ayatollah to the regime of Ahmadinejad and Khamenei also have said: "They accuse people of toppling the regime down, in order to continue to suppress the people."

Students protest on Dec. 8/09, Death to dictator, ......

Protest will continue on Dec. 26 - 27 both religiouse holiday

According to news coming from Iran, people are preparing themselves yet for another mass demonstration despite of mass millia presence in and around big citys.People are going to join the religious ceremonys to protest the regime of coup d'etat.It is not known how long Ahmadinejad can continue its regime and how long Khamenei is going to support his government?But people believe the regime of coup d'etat can't continue for long. Regime is creating political instability in Iran. People in the meantime are determined to continue to protest.

Ayatolah Montazeri was named as the winner of the award from the "Association of Human Rights Defenders in Iran" !

On Thursday December 10 the organizers of the "Association of Human Rights Defenders in Iran" attended at the office of Ayatollah Montazeri and announced him as the winner of the " human rights advocate" award given annually to a human rights defenders who put his life in danger by voicing out the violation of human rights in Iran. Ayatollah Montazeri was chosen as the winner, because of his critical position on the mass murdering of political prisoners in Iran on 1987-88.

In this meeting Ms. Narges Mohammadi the vice president of the association , Lawyer and human rights defender Mr. Abdolfatah soltani and doctor Mohammad Ali Dadkhah also a human rights defender and lawyer from the association were present. The award is a symblic cylinder of human rights charter by the Persian king Syrus the great.

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Faezeh Rafsanjani the daughter of Hashemi Rafsanjani joined the student protest yesterday!

On December 7,2009 "the Student Day" 200 Universities joined the protest.....

In 50 citys , 200 university's in Iran protested against the regime of Ahmadinejad on Dec. 7 (yesterday).

Professore in Shahid Beheshti university joined the students.

Several students have been arrested including the student leader Majid Tavakoli and Farzad Kalbali the Kurdish student of Tehran University who was kidnapped by security agents.The report added that; another student from Payame Nour University in the city of Babol was arrested . Until now it isn't clear how many students in total are arrested.

By the order of the regime "Hayate Nou" newspaper or "New life" in English , was shut down!

Hayate Nou newspaper was ordered to a closure by the media watchdog.According to Fars news agency which is a pro regime of coup detat newspaper :"Hayat Now" was ordered to a closure because it violated the media law . The media watchdog ordered to the closure.

In another news -Reza Moeini from RSF announced that:More then 60 Iranian journalist have left the country for the fear of persecution. This is national disaster.

This young man is going to be executed on Wednesday Dec. 9 -tomorrow morning. Dont let the judiciary of Islamic Republic to do that. Send your protest letters and demand the execution of young men are inhuman and it is a crime.

Mohammad Reza Haddadi was 15 when he was charged with the crime. He is now 18. Mohammad said: an adult in the robbery commited the crime and killed the victim but by paying money to me asked me to take the responsibility.

Mohammad said: after hearing that i'm sentenced to death my sister commited suicide by burning herself. My mother had several heartattack and my father left us when i was young.

Murdering a young man by hanging is barbaric , it will show the culture and education of of the Government . Stop this.

Monday, December 07, 2009

shirin Ebadi the president of the Association of human rights defenders in Iran: Iran lookes like a barrel of gunpowder !

Shirin Ebadi in speaking with a German newspaper on Sunday Dec. 6,2009 in Berlin about the human rights condition in Iran:

1-The regime is losing ground among people and never the people were this much far from the government.And the reason for this is because of discontent.Less than 10% in Iran has all the wealth and 9o % are poor.Jobless is widespread and the workers situation is very bad.the people are asking: What are they doing with the wealth of Iran?

2-70% of Iranian population are young. The interesting thing is that ;even the young childeren of the officials are joining the protest movement and they also act against the will of their parents.

3-The role of the women in the movement for change is great. 65% of all students are women.the number of women professors are also high. Shirin Ebadi sometimes thinks that the 1978-79 revolution was a revolution of men against women.

4-Women, youths, educateds and workers are participants of this protest movement.the protest is going to be continued not only in Tehran but even in small citys.Iran looks like a barrel of gunpowder.A small thing might explode this barrel.

5-The movement is peaceful and against violence, but the regime's elements are trying to bring violence into it , so that the regime can have pretext to suppress the movement violently.

6-The regime announce it has arrested 4000 people during the post election protest. But the number is more than that.

7-The regime has organized a police force for controlling the internet and to identify the opposition.

8-The regime is afraid to be toppeld.

9-According to Unesco, Iran is a country losing most of its educateds. They scape from Iran.

10- Western countries should not sacrifice human rights with economical benefits when dealing with the regime of Iran.

Happened today Dec.7,2009 in the city of Mashhad-Students'Day

Saturday, December 05, 2009

The regime of coup d'etat has prevented the family's of the victims of " Chain Murdering " to hold commemoration of their dear one!

Why Islamic Republic is afraid of the familys of the victims of "chain murdering" to commemorate the 11th anniversary of their loved one who have been brutally murdered in the hands of the agents of the Ministry of Information 11 years ago?

11 years ago these days , my telephone in Oakville was ringing continousely and in the other side of the phone, my friends including gholam deeply sad of the murdering of Mohammad Mokhtari, Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh ,Dariush frouhar and his wife Parvaneh Frouhar in the hands of regime's agents. We had to come together and release a quick communique to the community publications and aske the Iranian in toronto to come together for protest and commemoration.

From those days 11 years has passed.Really shocking days for all of us Iranian particularly the human rights activists .

Everyone were blaming and believed it was the work of the regimes agents. The victims lost their lives because, months earlier they were openly discussing in a pannel of discussion about human rights in "Adineh"magazine which was managed by Faraj Sarkouhi , who himself was kidnapped and was in danger of losing his life, but because of international pressure he scaped later to Germany.

I dont know ;why the regime is still afraid of the commemoration of those fallen brave Iranian who's only crime was the love for their country?!

According to the news; the regime of coup d'etat has prevented the families of those chain murdering victims to commemorate the anniversary of their loved one in "Emam Zadeh Taher " where they are buried. Before the gathering start , the regime agents and police forces closed the area to the cemetery known as " Emam zadeh Taher Karaj".

The agents threatened the familiesof Pouyandeh and Mokhtari and told them immediately to leave the cemetery.

Thursday, December 03, 2009

A draft on the human rights situation in Iran was also approved by a recorded vote of 74 in favour to 48 against, with 59 abstentions. (For further details of the vote, please see Annex I.)

Action on draft textsAs it moved to take action on the draft resolutions before it, the Committee turned first to a text on the situation of human rights in Iran (document A/C.3/64/L.37), which was introduced by the representative of Canada.By that text, the Assembly would express its deep concern at serious ongoing and recurring human rights violations in Iran relating to: torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; the rate of executions carried out in the absence of internationally recognized safeguards; stoning as a method of execution, notwithstanding a circular from the head of the judiciary prohibiting stoning; and arrests, violent repression and sentencing of women exercising their right to peaceful assembly, as well as a campaign of intimidation against women’s human rights defenders, and continuing discrimination against women and girls.

Iranian students are preparing themselves for a national protest!

Picture of students who have been arrested.

According to the news coming from Iran, Iranian students are preparing for a big day of protest in all universities in Iran. On December 7,2009 the Iranian student will commemorate the 1953 students uprising and on that uprising three students have lost their lives. In the coming Students Day ,Iranian students are asking the people to join their peaceful protest and they also have asked other universities all over Iran to join them in a united voice to protest the illegal regime of Ahmadinejad , for the release of their students brother and sister who are in prison and for their human rights.

On the coming Dec.7,2009 the students are going to have a peaceful protest inside university campuses ,but the security agents of the regime because of fear from student movement so far have arrested many student activists in their home and transfered them to Evin prison.In the past days regime has intensified the arrest of student activists and during the month of November regime has arrested close to 60 students.

A group of students from universities in Iran have released their first statement and asked the people to join them. They have said: Like the students 56 years ago ,who have protested against the regime of Cope d'etat , we will also protest against the current regime of cope d' etat .

In their statement's they have demanded the followings:

The students rights and the rights of the people

Justice for the victims of the "Kahrizak " prison

Freedom of speech and freedom of expression .........

The students also said; they protest against the members of the parliament,particularly Tehran's members of the parliament who are not independent and are silent on all the events in Iran.

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